For four days, attendees will be networking with industry experts, attending thought-provoking and empowering education sessions, and exploring a show floor with the latest merchandise for convenience and fuel retailing. Learn more about why the NACS Show is the epicenter of “what’s next” for the c-store industry.

This year’s event has been recast as a virtual, on-demand experience with nearly a dozen sessions analyzing industry performance, trends and economic forces in a new era of “anytime, anyplace convenience.” Added sessions will focus on how coronavirus and last-mile delivery are reshaping retail.

The NACS Leadership for Success program provides rising leaders in the industry an invaluable opportunity to discover personal strengths that they can use to grow their career while creating a more profitable performance-oriented environment within their company.

We offer best-in-class education for convenience industry leaders who are driven to gain the subject matter expertise and leadership skills needed to successfully respond to the challenges of a competitive industry.

This year’s event has been recast as a virtual, on-demand experience with nearly a dozen sessions analyzing industry performance, trends and economic forces in a new era of “anytime, anyplace convenience.” Added sessions will focus on how coronavirus and last-mile delivery are reshaping retail.

We offer best-in-class education for convenience industry leaders who are driven to gain the subject matter expertise and leadership skills needed to successfully respond to the challenges of a competitive industry.

Fuels Resource Center

Fueling up is so easy and so convenient that just about every one of the nearly 40 million Americans who fill up every day don’t think twice about it, unless things aren’t as easy or convenient. We give you an insider’s view at how fuel is produced, refined and ultimately sold at convenience stores across the United States. And, we look at some of the issues that could affect an otherwise easy and convenient fill up.

The Fuels Institute is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to evaluating issues affecting the vehicles and fuels markets. The organization commissions comprehensive, fact-based research projects that are designed to answer questions, not advocate a specific outcome. Its reports address the interests of industry stakeholders - from business owners making long-term investment decisions to policymakers considering legislation and regulations that affect these markets.

Consumer Insights

9 Habits of Gas-Buying Customers
A new NACS report reveals 9 habits that gas-buying customers are likely displaying at the nearly 122,000 convenience stores in the United States that sell fuel.
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C-Stores Keep Drivers Fueled
Convenience stores sell nearly 80% of the gasoline purchased in the U.S., and gasoline is currently the fuel of choice for nearly 40 million U.S. drivers who fill up every day.
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When Mother Nature Strikes
Convenience stores do much more than sell daily essentials and an estimated 80% of the fuels purchased in the United States — they also play a critical role before and after a natural disaster like a hurricane strikes.
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Statistics and Historical Context

The Innovation That Forever Changed Fueling
A dozen or so customers probably didn't realize that what they were able to do at the pump one day in June 1964 would forever reshape fueling and impact other retail channels.
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The History of Fuels Retailing
The first purpose-built, drive-up gas station made its debut over 100 years ago which is one of many significant events and innovations that have shaped the fuels retailing industry.
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